Laura McCusker Designers
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- čas přidán 29. 10. 2013
- A short film that focuses on the work of award winning furniture designer and maker, Laura McCusker. In the film Laura makes her acclaimed Barcode Screen, and consults with a client during the design process before making him an elegant outdoor bench.
Great Job Laura, It' so nice to see a young person with the drive and ability to make lovely furniture straight out of their imagination.Your attention to squareness and detail is something that is so important. As you know, it's everything in beautiful furniture making. It drives me to distraction sometimes. Most people wouldn't notice that it isn't exactly square but i know that you know it is or isn't, that is why your such a great tradesman. You deserve your success and hopefully one day soon you'll be able to guide and teach another young person as an apprentice and keep your skills alive for another generation. Well done.
Wonderful to watch such a talented designer/maker at work. Love it Laura.
carole Roberts
Beautiful work. Beautiful worker.☺
I'm glad I almost saw a smile on her face at the end. Nice work.
She is concentrating. I dont smile when i concentrate. 🤔 You sound like a misogynist.😔 Maybe you should smile more?😒🤔
@@malenekoldborg Assumption is the mother of all fuckups.
You turn my complement into a negative; nice. Perhaps you should not take yourself so seriously.
wow! now I love Laura....
SUPER WORK........BEAUTIFUL
Great job and gorgeous girl 👍🏻
Muy buena forma de demostrar que el buen diseño y trabajo de carpintería no es solo cosa de hombres.
Muy buen trabajo felicidades
I just love what you did
It's nice beautiful job
Soy cabinet maker me gustó mucho tu trabajo muy bien hecho y con mucha pasión Felicidades muchos éxitos.
Beautiful work indeed
Well done!
very nice work Laura.Im not so anal about everything being true and square. Nature is imperfect and that looks beautiful. Your attention to the squareness of the screen slats edges being square even though they aren't butting up to each other reminds me of my Italion Neighbors that sculpt there hedges into animals. I wonder if its a control thing? that bench was awesome. I enjoyed watching you go through the process. peace
just amazing..... :-)
Wow!very nice
Beautiful worker
Beautiful
Also meet the Dutch impressive furniture designers and makers a typical bunch of people who make the most amazing furniture in the Netherlands
Why is it that only beautiful people creat beautiful things and the people , who create beautiful things are beautiful despite and lady you are one heck of a beautiful lady , love and respect from India , may God grant you all the success in your endeavors, and I know he is biased towards beautiful people (not in conventional physical terms of beauty, of course) , that s why we Indians say ,satyam, Shivam, sundaram,(truth, God, and beauty are one )
exelent
very nice i like that
WOW greatly :))
nice !
nice machinery.
Love this, i went college Late in life to learn carpentry, i was 32, am now 34 but don't do it for a living as Its so hard to find people who are prepared to pay top money. Any tips please
Are you wanting to be a self-employed furniture maker, or are you trying to start a career in the millwork/furniture industry working for someone else? As with any college training, once you're done you still have absolutely zero actual work experience, and expecting to make "top money" is unrealistic. Since you learned your trade at a later age than most, you'll most likely have to take a pay cut (assuming your have several years of work experience in your current field) to get into the millwork/furniture field as an entry-level employee. That's why it's so hard to switch careers after having put in so much "equity" in another field. IMO, your best bet is to do it a hobby, building items for yourself (in case they don't sell), post the items on social media (FB, Instagram, CZcams), then try selling them on an Etsy-like site, local swap meets, or Craigslist. At first, you'll be selling to your friends & family, then friends of friends, and on and on. It's all about word of mouth and marketing yourself and your products. The last time I check, people weren't cold-calling random people asking them to make a kitchen table...the leg work falls on you as an aspiring full-time furniture maker. Sorry for the paragraph...good luck w/ your endeavors.
its like this scott forget about the money i would have two say i can,t keep much of what i make there are expensive tool that will do the work for you but old school and a few sharp tools will do the trick i turn out a dozen rolling pins once every two months thats only one store i get 30 bucks a peace you do the math they sell them for forty enjoy what you do the money will come.
J Jarvis thanks ince i move house an set up a small workshop i will make peices but l iv been thinking of something smal I could try specialise in an j was thinking designer shelves. What do you think
if so go with real wood most cabinets are mad of junk check out saw mill wood wild cherry oak maple. wood you can get cheep ash i was lucky got an old saw mill and cut for years and that was just a hobby find old wood re saw. wood windows make real money
Hi Scott. J Jarvis gave you some sound advice.
My advice would echo his and I would caution to start while you are working at whatever career you are in now. Keep your overhead to a minimum as use those skills that you acquired in college. You stated that you went for carpentry, so that will help you with your designer shelves idea. use top quality materials and the business will come your way. If you find someone to collaborate with, say doing some stained glass or iron work, you could combine passions and make some remarkable pieces.
Best of luck to you.
умничка и красавица!
Curious what that piece costs...
Great
Very nice
Perfect !!!!
10:01 Dont you disassembled the Bench again. Now you cant reach all the surfaces. Would be not so good if the Wood turn gray and crack on the insides...
The point of the piece IS for it turn grey. The piece is designed to age with time like natural wood. Australian woods resist cracking to a much higher degree than most European woods because of their natural oils. Laura says the piece is meant to age as part of her design brief.
Thanks, but it will age differently. Treated Surfaces/ Non Treated Surfaces
None of the pieces are treated. The Grape Oil is not a permanent finish. The piece will age like it is supposed as she designed it to do - naturally. Just like Cedar Single or Cedar siding on a rustic cabin.
U r in heaven deer I would never leave
Of all the tools, I hate adjusting a jointer the most.
"Thicknesser"? Planer maybe! :)
Holy crap no guard on the jointer
I sure hope she's fixed that since this video was made. If not, she should check out the recent video from her fellow Australian woodworker Jordan Crawford (czcams.com/video/XYRug4MOuag/video.html) where he talks about cutting off the tip of his finger with a jointer.
LMFAO...Find me a woodworker that makes use of the guards. Guards were "invented" for tools used by employees brought on by government. In some cases guards are actually more dangerous to have in place.
Tenons are too small, IMHO.
I think you can make it yourself, just loook and learn from woodprix .
hey Laura... design a travel cart/box for the homeless... believe they need your talent...
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Amazing and informative video.. Hello..
I'm Shrushti Jadhav , 2nd yr Architecture student at Bharti Vidyapeeth college of Architecture,Navi Mumbai. I’m on an assignment regarding dream house for a furniture designer. It would be really grateful if you take out some time to ans. Some of my questions, so that I’m able to know what are your requirements .for which I need your email id.
Thank you..
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... what an intelligent use of a face shield... if she loses an eye, she might actually start to wear it correctly... drongo
Where is all the festool? How can you do any of this without Festool?
For those that don't know Laura does adds for festool but pretends it's not an add.
I like some Festool but i hate people saying it's better than it is. That's called lying
They are "ads". Add is mathmatics!
You apparently have not used a Festool appliance. They are truly with every detail, TOP of the line. The better the tool, the less work
You have to do after the cuts. And so what if she may advertise for them. Do you go out on a limb and put yourself out there to the world
With your skills and knowledge and time to make a reputation and a living? I venture to guess not.
This woman is exceptional in her art and craftsmanship. She is out here teaching us. Maybe you need to try doing this work to the level
Of perfection she does. Heck, even the trip to the lumberyard is a learning experience. Give her her due respect!
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Shes a great machinist. But dammit I got here from watching wood working videos. this should be tagged under machinist videos.
Bonniville Black Cherry there’s a clue in the title...
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